BepiColombo launched!

The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury blasted off on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou at 01:45:28 GMT on 20 October. Onboard this exciting mission to study the mysteries of the Solar System’s innermost planet, 4 italian instruments with 2 PIs at INAF-IAPS.